#8A78F6#8A78F6

#8A78F6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.181 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78F6
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 246)
HSL	hsl(249, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 51.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 37.32, -61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 71.60, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0523 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.181 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8275, 25.4887, 90.3084)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78F6 #E4F678

analogous

#78A5F6 #8A78F6 #C978F6

triadic

#8A78F6 #F68A78 #78F68A

tetradic

#8A78F6 #F678A5 #E4F678 #78F6C9

square

#8A78F6 #F678A5 #E4F678 #78F6C9

split-complementary

#8A78F6 #F6C978 #A5F678

monochromatic

#2E0FE4 #583FF2 #8A78F6 #BCB1FA #E6E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A78F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8A78F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78F6

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78F6	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E8DFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C87F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6993AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.181 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29ffa',
    500: '#8a78f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78f6;
$custom-light: #b29ffa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64917,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78F6

secondary

#F0F5D5

accent

#E401C4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78F6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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